Bad news, you are your drunk personality

Getting jolly can sometimes feel like you’ve undergone a Beyoncé-esque transformation into Sasha Fierce. One second you’re all smiles and compliments, then the next you’re pumping out the banter, offending everyone and ordering double G&Ts.

In the study, 156 participants were asked to do a self-assessment of their typical sober and drunk personalities. Then, half of these participants were asked to drink a bunch of mixed drinks within 15 minutes and do some social activities including puzzles and games. The other half didn’t drink any alcohol to see if their personalities changed under the same social conditions.

Once the alcohol-group was intoxicated they were questioned about their personalities and on average thought they had changed a lot. They said they had become less agreeable, less conscientious, less open to new experiences, less neurotic and more extraverted.

But trained observers in the experiment noted almost no personality changes except a slight tendency towards extroversion.